By Maryruth Belsey Priebe It might be 5 am, but the cooks in one Winona University kitchen are already saving energy. In past years, the shift started with turning on … Read more
March, 2010
Five Questions: How Will Genetic Engineering Shape Sustainable Agriculture?
Pam Ronald’s new book on organic farming and the future of food, Tomorrow’s Table, highlights the latest research in the field of genetic engineering, and the ways it might solve … Read more
Overcoming Obstacles in the Local Food Scene
By Leslie Wells Sometimes, the grass is really greener in your own backyard. Since Campus Ecology ran its first case studies on local and sustainable food back in 2003 (see … Read more
Luring Students with the Promise of Green
Coordinators and activists have long known the importance of outreach efforts for their sustainability projects: increasing awareness generally increases participation, whether the project is recycling or increasing transit ridership. Now, … Read more
How to Experience Nature in the City in Seven Days
Nature in the city? Nothing, nada, zip. Or at least that’s the popular myth. The reality is abundant, quirky, intriguing, green (and pink, brown, gray, black, sleek, furred and feathered). The … Read more
Climate Change Adaptation Task Force Releases Progress Report
In 2009, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initiated the Interagency Climate … Read more
National Wildlife Week: Tuesday Tweets (not that kind)
Tuesday Tweets, the second post in our National Wildlife Week series, hopes that after you retweet this blog post you’ll shut it down and take your lunch break outside. But first, check out these birds that make ridiculously long migrations annually. Read more
